
Workstation User’s Manual
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I/O Adapter Types
Thisoptionisavailableforcustomconfigurationsonly.AnIDEandaSCSIadapterare
installedinthevirtualmachine.TheIDEadapterisalwaysATAPI.FortheSCSI
adapter,youcanchooseBusLogic,LSILogic,orLSILogicSAS.BusLogicandLSILogic
adaptershaveparallelinterfaces.LSILogicSAShasase
rialinterface.
Thedefaultforyourguestoperatingsystemisalreadyselected.Olderoperating
systems,suchasWindowsXPandRedHatEnterpriseLinux2,defaulttoBusLogic.
OnlyWindowsServer2008defaultstoLSILogicSAS.
YourchoiceofSCSIadapterdoesnotaffectyourdecisiontomakeyourvirtualdiskan
IDEorSCSIdi
sk.However,someguestoperatingsystems,suchas32‐bitWindows XP,
donotincludeadriverfortheLSILogicorLSILogicSASadapter.Youmustdownload
thedriverfromtheLSILogicWebsite.
TheVMware GuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuideincludesdri
versupport
informationwhereappropriate.Forguestoperatingsystemsupport,knownissues,
andinstallationinstructions,seetheonlineVMwareCompatibilityGuide.Gotothe
VMwareWebsiteandselectResources>CompatibilityGuides,andclicktheViewthe
Guest/HostOStabontheVMwareCompatibilityGuideWebsitelink.
Disk Types
Thisoptionisavailableforcustomconfigurationsonly.Therecommendeddiskforyour
guestoperatingsystemisalreadyselectedbydefault.
OnLinuxhosts,andintheAddHardwarewizard,youcanselectadiskmodeonthe
SelectaDiskTypepage.See“NormalandIndependentDiskModes”onpage 87.
N
OTETheLSILogicadapterhasimprovedperformanceandworksbetterwithgeneric
SCSIdevices.TheLSILogicadapterisalsosupportedbyESXServer2.0andhigher.
N
OTEDriversforaMylex(BusLogic)compatiblehostbusadapterarenotobviouson
theLSILogicWebsite.Searchthesupportareaforthenumericstringinthemodel
number.Forexample,searchfor“958”forBT/KT‐958drivers.
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